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United Nations A/63/188–S/2008/504 General Assembly Distr.: General 31 July 2008 Security Council Original: English, French and Spanish General Assembly Security Council Sixty-third session Sixty-third year Item 105 (c) of the provisional agenda* Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs: election of five members of the International Court of Justice Curricula vitae of candidates nominated by national groups Note by the Secretary-General** Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................... 2 II. Curricula vitae ................................................................. 2 Ronny Abraham ................................................................ 2 Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh ..................................................... 5 Sayeman Bula-Bula............................................................. 7 Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade ............................................... 16 Miriam Defensor Santiago ....................................................... 24 Christopher John Greenwood ..................................................... 34 Maurice Kamto ................................................................ 41 Rafael Nieto-Navia ............................................................. 46 Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf ........................................................ 54 * A/63/150. ** In accordance with the Statute of the International Court of Justice, the Secretary-General requested States parties to the Statute to provide nominations to the Court from national groups by 30 June 2008. The present document could not, therefore, have been prepared at an earlier date. 08-44557 (E) 030908 091008 *0844557* A/63/188 S/2008/504 I. Introduction The Secretary-General has the honour to submit to the General Assembly and to the Security Council the curricula vitae of the candidates nominated by national groups for the elections to fill five vacancies on the International Court of Justice. The elections will be held during the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. The list of nominated candidates is contained in document A/63/187-S/2008/503. The composition of the Court and the voting procedure to be followed in the General Assembly and in the Security Council are set out in a memorandum by the Secretary-General (A/63/186-S/2008/502). II. Curricula vitae Ronny Abraham (France) [Original: French] Born on 5 September 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt. French nationality Judge at the International Court of Justice since 15 February 2005 Diplomas and other qualifications Diplôme d’études supérieures de droit public (diploma of advanced studies in public law), University of Paris I (1974). Diploma of the Institut d’études politiques of Paris (1973). Graduate of the Ecole nationale d’administration (1976-1978). Previous official national positions Administrative Tribunal Judge (1978-1985 and 1987-1988). Assistant Director of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1986-1987). Maître des requêtes (1988-2000), then Conseiller d’Etat (since 2000) at the Council of State; Government Commissioner within the judicial system (1989-1998). Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2005). Academic positions Professor, Institut d’études politiques of Paris (until 1998). Associate Professor, University of Paris X-Nanterre (1997-2003). Associate Professor, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (public international law, human rights) (2004-2005). 2 08-44557 A/63/188 S/2008/504 International activities and experience As head of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2005, acted as legal adviser to the Government in the areas of general international public law, European Union law, international human rights law, law of the sea and laws on the Antarctic. From 1998 to 2004, representative of France in many cases before international and European courts, as follows: International Court of Justice Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France). Hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures, 1999, and on preliminary objections, 2004. Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France). Hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures, 2003. Legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, request for an advisory opinion (written statement of the French Republic, 30 January 2004). European Court of Human Rights Court of Justice of the European Communities International arbitral tribunals: Tribunal established by France and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on the question of the tax situation of pensions paid to retired UNESCO staff members residing in France, award made on 14 January 2003; Tribunal established by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the French Republic in the case concerning the audit of accounts in application of the Additional Protocol to the Convention concerning the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution by Chlorides, award made on 12 March 2004 Member and Chairman of the Council of Europe Committee of Experts for the Improvement of Procedures for the Protection of Human Rights (member 1986-1998; Chairman 1987-1989); Chairman of the Joint Consultative Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1994-1998); Member of the French delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations (1998-2004); Head of the French delegation to the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly (1998-2004); Head of the French delegation to the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002, 2003, 2004); Head of the French delegation in the working group responsible for drafting the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property (2004); 08-44557 3 A/63/188 S/2008/504 Head of the French delegation to the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (1998-2005); Chairman of the Commission (2002-2003). Other activities Member of the Board of the Société française pour le droit international. Member of the European Group of Public Law. Member of the Editorial Board of the Annuaire français de droit international. Publications Works Droit international, droit communautaire et droit français, Hachette, 1989. Articles, notes, communications and arguments “Les magistrats des tribunaux administratifs et des cours administratives d’appel”, Revue française de droit administratif (RFDA), 1988, March-April, No. 2. “Compétence des juridictions internes pour interpréter un traité international”, Actualité juridique droit administratif, September 1990, p. 621; Revue générale de droit international public, 1990, p. 882. “L’applicabilité directe de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme devant la juridiction administrative”, Revue universelle des droits de l’homme, 1991, September, vols. 7-9. “Les incidences de la Convention européene des droits de l’homme sur le droit constitutionnel et administratif des Etats parties”, Revue universelle des droits de l’homme, 1992, vols. 10 and 11. “Commentaire des articles 25 et 46 de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme”, in La Convention européenne des droits de l’homme, L. E. Pettiti, E. Decaux and P. H. Imbert, eds. “La réforme du mécanisme de contrôle de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme; le Protocole no 11 à la Convention”, Annuaire français de droit international, 1994, p. 619. “Les principes généraux de la protection juridictionnelle administrative en Europe: l’influence des jurisprudences européennes”, Revue européenne de droit public, vol. 9, No. 3, autumn 1997. “La notion d’effet direct des traités internationaux devant le Conseil d’Etat”, Recueil Dalloz, 1998, jurisprudence, p. 15. “Les normes du droit communautaire et du droit international devant le juge administratif français”, presented at the symposium of the Société française pour le droit international held at Bordeaux, Ed. Pedone, Paris, 2000. “Les procédures incidentes devant la Cour internationale de Justice”, presented at a workshop of the Faculty of Law of the University of Rennes I, Ed. Pedone, Paris, 2001. “La France devant les juridictions européennes”, Pouvoirs, 2001, No. 96. 4 08-44557 A/63/188 S/2008/504 “Le rôle du jurisconsulte au Ministère des affaires étrangères”, presented at the symposium of the Société française pour le droit international held at Geneva, Ed. Pedone, Paris, 2004. “Le principe du contradictoire devant les juridictions internationales”, presented at a symposium organized by the University of Paris I, Ed. Pedone, 2004. “Droit des immunités et exigences du procès équitable”, presented at a symposium organized by the University of Paris XII, Ed. Pedone, Paris, 2004. “La Cour internationale de Justice, juge constitutionnel?” in La Charte des Nations Unies, Constitution mondiale?, presented at a symposium organized by the University of Paris X, Ed. Pedone, 2006. “L’application des traités internationaux et l’office du juge des référés administratifs”, in Mélanges Labetoulle, Ed. Dalloz, 2007. “L’articulation du droit interne et du droit international”, in La France et le droit international, Cahin, Poirat, Szurek, eds., Ed. Pedone, 2007. Numerous arguments submitted to the Council of State, published in, inter alia, L’Actualité juridique droit administratif, the Revue française de droit international, the Revue générale de droit international public and the Revue critique de